grind away

Example Sentences

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The Gunners don't have to play well to win, they just grind away until they find a way through.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

But the existing supercomputers are optimized to grind away steadily on enormous simulations of the climate or exotic materials or to train artificial intelligence programs.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 24, 2023

The idea that anyone would grind away at Wallén’s invention in the same way that top World of Warcraft guilds plowed through raid bosses was totally ludicrous.

From The Verge • Dec. 21, 2021

The remainder of the novel unfolds as a series of motivational aphorisms that grind away on archery as a metaphor for a life well lived.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2020

The man I loved had let the grit get into the bearings of his soul, had let that grit grind away life’s delicate surfaces without even knowing the wine of abandoned speed.

From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.